Relationship Trauma

From a leading voice on recovering from toxic relationships, a deeply insightful guide to getting back to your "old self" again--in order to truly heal and move on. Jackson MacKenzie has helped millions of readers in their struggle to understand the experience of toxic relationships. His first...

If you're constantly feeling on edge, forever working to appease your spouse to little avail and feel like you're constantly being chipped away at with their abusive behavior, then I can understand how emotionally shattering it feels to live this way. If, in the same breath, it breaks your heart to even consider leaving them because you can't imagine life without them, then I can understand that feeling too - because I was trauma bonded to my abusive ex.

If you felt unloved or unsafe as a child, you may have difficulty trusting others as an adult. You might struggle to maintain healthy relationships, or feel like you are somehow damaged. Written by a renowned family therapist, this gentle guide offers an evidence-based approach to help you move past relational trauma—the psychological wounds that can result from experiences of abuse, neglect, or betrayal. By building self-awareness, understanding triggers, and improving your communication skills, you can achieve the love and connection you deserve.

Reframe your past, transform your future, and experience the healing power of CBT—starting from the day you open this book. Have your goals, hopes, and dreams fallen by the wayside over the years? Do you find it hard to stand up for yourself, and are you so tired of trying to fulfill everyone’s demands that you feel burnt out and fatigued—so much so that all you want to do is be alone? Are many of your relationships unfulfilling, and do you constantly give your best self to people who are narcissistic, codependent, selfish, or uncaring? It doesn’t have to be that way—but don’t ...

Break Free from Trauma and Codependency: Transform Your Relationship Today! Are you and your partner struggling with different bonding and attachment styles, feeling trapped in cycles of conflict and withdrawal? You're not alone. Many couples face challenges rooted in trauma and codependency, which can hinder emotional intimacy and communication. Breaking The Trauma Bond: How Couples Build Long-Lasting Relationships Free from Codependency and Anxiety offers a transformative journey towards healing and strengthening your relationship. Understand Trauma and Attachment Styles: Gain insights ...

Psychotherapist and breakup expert Rachel A. Sussman, LCSW, reveals the secrets every woman needs to get her life back on track. Drawing on hundreds of counseling sessions she's conducted with women at all stages of recovery, Sussman developed a proven three-phase process for healing from a breakup.

Why do couples fight? With Relationship Rx, renowned psychotherapist Stan Tatkin offers couples in crisis a prescription for understanding the deeper issues underlying their conflicts. Drawing from his Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT), Tatkin unpacks common causes of relationship challenges with humor and compassion. Filled with practical tools, insightful commentary on sample conflict dialogues, and an in-depth exploration of what really makes for a secure relationship, this program will help couples restore and sustain the love that brought them together.

How to Stop Being Toxic: Break Free, Repair, and Grow Are you tired of feeling stuck in toxic patterns, struggling with relationships, or holding onto habits that no longer serve you? This book is your ultimate guide to real, lasting change. No one is born toxic. These behaviors often come from pain, stress, or learned habits. The good news? You don’t have to stay this way. With this book, you’ll uncover the roots of your toxic patterns and discover practical, proven strategies to turn your life around—one step at a time. What makes this book different? It’s not another vague self-...

Unlock the secrets to healing after infidelity. Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to truly rebuild trust and find peace after the devastating experience of being cheated on?Are you reeling from the pain of betrayal? Discover a path to healing and reclaim your life with our exclusive bonus guide. Infidelity can shatter your world, leaving you engulfed in confusion, anger, and heartache. The whirlwind of emotions may make it feel impossible to envision a future free from pain. But you’re not alone—many have walked this path and emerged stronger, more self-aware, and ready to ...

This groundbreaking book includes four books that will teach you from start to finish, everything you need to know about Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD, as well as how to recover from each one of them.

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate...

Why do smart, strong, self-aware people stay in relationships that break them? Why do they leave… then go back… again and again? Because trauma bonds don’t care about logic. They’re psychological, neurological, and deeply emotional—and until you understand the chemistry behind the chaos, escaping the cycle feels impossible. Breaking the Trauma Bond is a powerful, practical guide for anyone stuck in a relationship that hurts, drains, confuses, or dismantles them—whether that relationship is romantic, familial, or platonic. With the warmth of an older sister and the insight of ...

Are you trapped in a relationship that hurts more than it heals—yet you still can’t walk away? You know they’re not good for you. You’ve cried, questioned, and convinced yourself to leave… yet something always pulls you back. This isn’t love. This is emotional addiction—and it’s not your fault. In You’re Not Addicted to Them. You’re Addicted to the Pain, Lena Hartley gently untangles the roots of trauma bonding, revealing why so many strong, self-aware women find themselves stuck in cycles of hurt, hope, and heartbreak. This isn’t just a book about letting go. It’s a...

If you experienced physical or emotional abuse, neglect, or abandonment as a child, you may struggle with unhealthy relationships as an adult. Hurtful attachments with our caregivers in early childhood can lay the foundation for toxic relationships. Those experiences can even affect the way we handle conflict, our feelings toward sex, and our expectations of our partners. But this doesn't mean you can't change. This book will help you gain a greater awareness of the trauma bonds that prevent you from getting the love, safety, and security you desire.

💡 What if your anxiety, shutdowns, or fear of abandonment weren’t flaws, but survival responses you can heal? Imagine feeling safe in your relationships, confident in your boundaries, and deeply connected to yourself. This is what happens when you heal your attachment trauma, and this book will show you how. In Attachment Trauma It’s Not Your Fault, you’ll learn how to regulate your nervous system, reparent your inner child, and release the patterns of fear, self-sabotage, and emotional chaos that keep repeating in love, life, and connection. Written by a psychologist with decades ...

Images and sounds of war, natural disasters, and human-made devastation explicitly surround us and implicitly leave their imprint in our muscles, our belly and heart, our nervous systems, and the brains in our skulls. We each experience more digital data than we are capable of processing in a day, and this is leading to a loss of empathy and human contact. This loss of leisurely, sustained, face-to-face connection is making true presence a rare experience for many of us, and is neurally ingraining fast pace and split attention as the norm.

Tired of loving someone who only hurts you? Do you feel trapped in their mind games, even long after they’re gone? Are you trying to heal, but the pain keeps pulling you back into the past?

A fascinating journalistic exploration into the impact of intergenerational trauma on the descendants of both survivors and perpetrators When Joshua Nelken-Zitser sought treatment for panic attacks and an eating disorder, his therapist suggested a cause he’d never considered: intergenerational...

You loved them deeply. But they kept hurting you—and you kept staying. If you're tired of overgiving, exhausted from false hope, and quietly breaking under the weight of love that never feels safe… this book is for you. How to Let Go of People Who Keep Hurting You is your emotional compass back to peace. In this tender, honest, and empowering guide, Sienna Thorne walks beside you—not as a therapist, but as someone who’s been there. You’ll explore why you stay in cycles of pain, how to stop chasing closure, and how to finally choose yourself without guilt. With 10 heartfelt ...

Do you always attract the same no good mates, toxic relationships, narcissists, cheaters, players, manipulators? Do you struggle with discussing your feelings with your partner in your relationships? Do you struggle with telling and sharing your truth without hurting the other person's feelings? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are in the right place. The one thing common to all your toxic relationships, narcissists, cheating partners, players, manipulators is YOU. In attraction, you attract who you are emotionally and energetically. Therefore, if your emotions/energy is ...